What Sleeps Beneath is an online magazine that explores the horror genre as one of the most important cultural vehicles of our time. It is a home for all horror-loving nerds, and a space to investigate what the genre tells us about ourselves. We write book and movie reviews, conduct interviews, and write original academic research.
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The Dangers of Selfishness: A Review of Gabe Torres’ The Windigo
The Windigo transcends typical horror fare, weaving cultural elements and personal struggles into a chilling narrative that explores the consequences of unchecked selfishness.
Childbearing Horror Films for Mother’s Day
While slasher and monster movies often revolve around the hunter/hunted dynamic, gender-specific horror films, specifically those focusing on childbirth and pregnancy, add a unique twist with a visceral internal transformation narrative.
WSB x Moving Picture Review: Tarot (2024)
Tarot follows a group of college students who unwittingly unleash a vengeful spirit infused into a cursed tarot deck, dooming them to mysterious, seemingly accidental deaths.
Movie Review: New Life
Inspired by a documentary about a young woman diagnosed with ALS, New Life follows a woman on the run in this new dark thriller by John Rosman.
[Movie Review] Late Night with The Devil
David Dastmalchian’s star shines bright in the found footage/broadcast horror Late Night with the Devil, a breakout sensation for Shudder.
Immaculate - Movie Review
Sydney Sweeney’s performance in Immaculate takes audiences by storm, launching the newly released horror film into heightened status. Spurring discussions on pro-choice and institutional power, the film is a refreshing new story in the nunsploitation subgenre.
Celebrating Women in Horror: Our Favorite Modern Scream Queens
What Sleeps Beneath celebrates Women in Horror month by highlighting our favorite modern scream queens. These actresses have graced the horror genre with their fearlessness, ingenuity, and skill in recent years and we can’t wait to see what they do next.
The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix, reviewed
In Grady Hendrix’s novel The Final Girls Support Group, readers get a first person persepective of what it’s like to be a real Final Girl.
The Greatest Moment in Film
A lot of what the pros refer to as “creative nonfiction” will often have a headline that will be pure hyperbole and sometimes, clickbait. In this instance however, I’m not kidding.
[Movie Review] ‘The Omicron Killer’ (2024)
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting scar on the world, but one of the few silver linings that we can take from the experience is the sea of pandemic-inspired horror that came out of quarantine.
The Book of Queer Saints, Vol. 2 - Reviewed
The Book of Queer Saints, Volume 2 is editor Mae Murray's highly anticipated follow-up to her own 2022 anthology that rings terrifyingly relevant, forcing readers to confront cold truths facing us today.
Dark Reflections: Horror Games and Mirror Neurons
Contributor Brandon Allison delves into the world of horror video games, where mirror neurons play a pivotal role, especially in those crafted to elicit spine-tingling thrills for our enjoyment.
Horror Movies Featuring A Presidential Figure
Explore the dark side of politics this President's Day weekend with our bone-chilling movie list, featuring several commanders-in-chief facing terrifying aliens, zombies, the supernatural, and more.
[Movie Review] There Is a Monster (2024)
There Is a Monster, a small budget supernatural horror film from writer and director Mike Taylor, is fresh out of the starting gate on VOD platforms. Based loosely on his own family’s experiences, There Is a Monster is a personal work for Taylor, starring Joey Collins as Jack, a veteran portrait photographer whose small studio is just starting to gain traction.
Revisiting the Old Haunts
As we find ourselves in the midst of the years’ most frigid days, we are also at our most reflective. Seasonal solitude coinciding with holiday festivities creates a space to contemplate relationships past and present. Do you traipse around your house in the shadows of early nightfall? Catch a glimpse of a specter of the previous you? Or maybe, someone you used to know? Film grants us the opportunity to explore these experiences of isolation, contemplation, and fear of someone near and dear not being exactly the same as you remember.
[Book Review] ‘Silver Nitrate’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Renowned author of the novel Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia weaves occult, supernatural, and conspiracy in her latest novel Silver Nitrate.
Magic and Murder - A Review Of Memories of Sorrow Book 1: Obsession
Obsession follows protagonist Shion, a loner-type teenage boy struggling with his relationship with his parents, his friends, and keeping his magic abilities secret.
The Mystery of Three Keys - Ghost Stories by First Grade Students at Falk School
In collaboration with Falk School, What Sleeps Beneath is proud to publish a scary story written by Mr. Kevin Goodwin’s first grade class. These youngsters tackle what makes something scary, and how teamwork can comfort even the most frightened.
[Book Review] I Walked with A Zombie
Author Gregory William Mank reviews a piece of Hollywood history in Clive Dawson’s I Walked with A Zombie.
Navigating Shared Trauma in Mike Flanagan’s ‘Oculus’
Mike Flanagan’s lesser known film Oculus has the trappings of your average haunted house story, but with a twist up its sleeve.